Machine for filling hassocks and cushions with filling tube and releasably positioned compressor disk



March 6, 1951 A. DAMICO 2,544,222

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March 6, 1951 2,544,222

DAMICO MACHINE FOR FILLING HASSOCKS AND CUSHIONS WITH FILLING TUBE AND RELEASABLY POSITIONED COMPRESSOR-DISK Filed Aug. 16, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 HTTI RNEK 2,544,222 MACHINE FOR FILLING HASSOCKS AND CUSHIONS WITH FILLING 1951 A. DAMICO TUBE AND RELEASABLY POSITIONED COMPRESSOR DISK Filed Aug. 16, 1946 March 6 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 A. D'AMICO 2,544,222 MACHINE FOR FILLING HASSOCKS AND cusHIoNs wm: FILLING March 6, 1951 TUBE AND RELEASABLY POSITIONED COMPRESSOR DISK Filed Aug. 16, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 6, 1951 MACHINE FOR FILLING HASSOCKS AND CUSHIONS WITH FILLING TUBE AND BE- LEASABLY POSITIONED COMPRESSOR DISK Angelo DAmico, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application August 16, 1946, Serial No. 690,937

3 Claims. (CL 226 -43) The object of my invention is to provide a "machine that will fill the outer portion of a hassock.

A further object of my invention is to have ,a machinemotivated electrically, and operated by hydraulic power, with pressure means.

My invention is a labor saving device and en- .ables the hassock to be filled with the desired .material making it solid and uniform throughout.

Referring to the drawings for purposes of illustration Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine for filling hassocks and shows platforms I and 2.

Figure 2 is a top view of the pressure plate. Figure 3 is a side elevation of the pressure plate. Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4- of .Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a top view of the turn-table. Figure 6 is a side elevation, enlarged, of the turn-table.v

Figure 7 is a section taken on the line 'I? of f Fig. 5.

Figure 8 is an end View of the two section fill- ,ing cylinder.

Figure 9 is a top view of the two section filling v cylinder.

Figure 10 is a front view of the two section filling cylinder.

Figure 11 is a section taken on the line i !H of Fig. 8.

Figure 12 is a section taken on the line 52-42 of Fig. 8.

Figure 13 is an end view of the locking means.

Figure 14 is a side view of the locking means. A

and a press platform 2. 'Set platforms are- -mounted to each extremity of a turn-table 3 which is centrally pivotally mounted at the collar 4. Extending perpendicularly from the center is a beam 5 and extendin perpendicularly from the end 6 of the main base! is the beam 8. Said beams have bolted at their upper end a cross beam 9 which is support for the press 10 and its operating means II. When it is desired to fill a hassock, a cover H is pulled over the bottom of the tube 12 as shown in Figure 1. This tube is principally made up of two halves l3 and [4. These halves are joined at I5 by the bridge members 16 which have two extending lugs I! to act as bearings for the pin l8. A spring l9 around the pin l8 tends to keep a trigger plate 20, which is pivoted on the pin I8 by the lugs 2|, in a horizontal plane relative to the holding tube l2.

The two tube halves are held together by the bridge at such a point so as to permit the two lower extremities to converge as shown at Fig. 8 by dotted lines. This permits easy access into the hassock covers. A prying tool 22 having two .slots 23 for the insertionof the tube edges is .provided .to spread apart the two halves. Upon completion of tightening the cover to the tube,

V the tube is removed by the release of the trigger tube halves.

form *2 in the operation of the machine. press is now put into operation. The stem 32 plates 28 and is then placed upon the platform I. The spreading of the two halves of the tube will hold the cover to the tube and also opens the cover to its full capacity.

In Fig. 15 the filling E is pushed into the tube and down into the cover by manual power. A

, sufficient quantity of the filler E is taken as per predetermination. This will fill the whole tube from top to bottom. A pressure plate 25, comprising a circular disk 26, into which a slot 21 carrying a bar 23 is cut and a nailed-on top disk 29 to hold the bar 28 in place, is placed on top of the tube with the extending ends 30 of the bar 28 protruding through the space 3| between each half of the tube. 1

Then the turn-table 3 is rotated around the ,center 4 till the platform I comes into the position that was occupied by platform 2. To keep the matterclear we will henceforth refer to plat- The slides into the cylinder 33 by a force not shown through a motor drive 34. The circular block 35 at the base of the stem 32 is provided with extending bars 36, which have securing holes 36 and guide the press through the space 3| in the The prying tool 22 is removed as the press pushes downwardly. 7 When the press block 35 comes into contact with the trigger plate 20, the bars 36 will ride on the cam surface 31, formed out of the plate 20 pushing the plate downward and around the pin [8, thus permitting the bars 36 to pass on downward. The plate will snap on back to position by action of the spring 19. The press pushes downward until a slot in the tube 40, which is a determined length,

halts at a pin 4| which is screwed into the frame 9, not shown. This prevents the further downward pressure of the press and also places the machine in neutral position.

Figure 16 shows the press atits finishedmovement.

Figure 1'7 shows the fastening means to hold down the pressure plate 25 after the completion. of the pressure press.

Mounted to the beam 5 is. a. pin'142 which car ries a chain 43 having atits. outer extremitya' locking device 44. At each end of' the turn-table 3 is an eye 45 to which is fastened a rod arrangement 46 surmounted by a similar locking: means 44. The rod arrangement is. composed of. two rods 41 and 48. Rod 41 is held by the eye- 45 at one end and has through its length a series"- of threaded holes 49 through which the screw 50 is placed. The pin. 54' protrudes through the member 48. This adjusting. means. is necessary for the different heights of hassocks. At the upper extremityof the rod. 48 are welded two lugs. 5| through which. a. pin. 52 is held by the cotter pin. An arm 53, pivoted onthe pin 52, carries at 54, a link 55- which hasv across-bar 5 6 at its other extremity for laying into a notch 51 of the bar 30:. When the. arm 53. is pulled downward the link 55 will press. the cross-bar 56 downward. in a vise-likegrip- The. arm 53 isthen pushed against the rod 48' which. forces the link over the dead. center of the. pivot 52. This locks the cross-bar. 55 into place. The movement of the press block 35 is then reversed and. starts its upward. motion. (See Figure 18.) Presently it buttsagainst the. trigger plate 20, which does not recede. Thisforces the tube I2 upward. The tube is then at. its furthest movement (see Fig. 19) and the disk 2.6 is removed by'relea'sei of the locks 44; The hassock is then ready to go into its finalstages of completion.

Anew cover is pulled. over. the bottom end. of the. tube l2 and the tube is removed from the press by releasing the trigger plates 20. The said tube is now placed onto the platform I and is ready to be filled as previously described. This completes the cycle of operation.

Although the drawings and specifications disclose the best method in which I have contemplated embodying my own invention for a machine for filling hassocks and cushions with filling tube and releasably positioned compressor disk, I desire in no way to be limited to the details of my disclosure for in the practical application of'my invention, any changes in form may be made as circumstances require or as experience' suggests without departing from the spirit of the invention. within the broad scope of the appended claims.

What. I claim as new-' and novel is? I 1. A- machine for filling and compressing'filling' material in a hassock' comprising a; base, a

' frame supported by said base, atubc positioned on'said base and comprised of two half sections secured to each other inspaced relation thereby forming longitudinal slots between adjacent edges of said half sections, the lower extremity of. said tube being adapted to enter a hasso'ck coveronsaid base, adisk: positioned. in"- said tube and" supported by uncompressed filling material within said tube, projections? formedv on said disk extending through said slots, 8. press including. a

4 reciprocable stem supported by said frame, a block secured to one end of said stem for abutment with and downward movement of said disk upon the downward compressive movement of said stem, locking elements on said base releasably secured to the projections on said disk in its. downward. material. compressed position, and trigger plates pivotably secured to-saidtube extensions formed on the block projecting through said slots, said extensions engaging with said trigger plates upon the upward movement of said block to raise saidtube from within the hassock cover whilesaid disk is retained in said material compressed position.

2. A machine for filling and compressing filling. material in a hassock comprising a base, a frame supported by said base, a tube positioned onsaid base and comprised of two half sections secured to each other in spaced relation thereby forming longitudinal slots between adjacent edges of said half sections, the lower extremity oi said tube being adapted to enter. a hassock cover' on said base; a' disk positioned in said tube and supported by uncompressed filling. material within said tube, projections formed on said disk extending through said slots, a press including a reciprocable stem supported by said frame, a block secured to one end of said stem for abutment with and downward movement of said disk upon the downward compressive movement of said stem, and locking. elements on said base releasably'secured' to the projections on said disk in its downward material compressed position, whereby said disk retains said compressed filling material in said hassock.

3. A machine for filling and compressing. filling' material in a hassock comprising a base, a frame supported by said base, a tube positioned on said base and comprised of two half sections secured'to each other in spaced relation thereby forming longitudinal slots between adjacent edges of said. half sections, the lower extremity of said tube being adapted to enter a hassock cover on said base, a disk positioned in said tube and supported by uncompressed filling material within said tube, projections formed on said-disk extending through said slots, a press including a reciprocable stem supported by said frame, a block secured to one end of said stem for abutment with and downward movement of said disk upon the downward compressive movement of said stem, and means for releasably securingsaid projections to said base in the downward materialcompressed position of said disk, whereby said disk retainssaid compressed filling material in said hassock.

ANGELO DAMICO.

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